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former president bill clinton says the mood in this country today is similar to just before the oklahoma city bombing. is he right? >>> and senator chuck schumer making it his personal mission to make sure your carry-on bags fly free. what he's saying about one airline's plan to charge when you bring a bag into the cabin with you. >>> and don't just sit there. be a part of our conversation. make sure you send me a message on twitter or facebook or check out my blog at cnn.com/don. i want to hear what you think. [ male announcer ] when we built our first hybrid, youtube didn't exist. and facebook was still run out of a dorm room. when we built our first hybrid, more people had landlines than cell phones, and gas was $1.75 a gallon. and now, while other luxury carmakers are building their first hybrids, lexus hybrids have traveled 5.5 billion miles. and that's quite a head start. ♪ with frequent heartburn. let me show you. there's a new 24-hour heartburn formula that's different. it's called zegerid otc. only zegerid otc has both prescription strength-medicine and a special ingredient to
former president bill clinton says the mood in this country today is similar to just before the oklahoma city bombing. is he right? >>> and senator chuck schumer making it his personal mission to make sure your carry-on bags fly free. what he's saying about one airline's plan to charge when you bring a bag into the cabin with you. >>> and don't just sit there. be a part of our conversation. make sure you send me a message on twitter or facebook or check out my blog at...
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in bill clinton's case, playing the saxophone on arseenio hall and in george w. bush's case, going on oprah. remember he famously kissed her on the cheek and people saw a different side. he needs some spot nayity and to show his other side. the second thing that he needs to do is to be able to get this message back on the economy. >> you talk about that. and you also talk about how you have to learn from the people you just beat. it's not officially over yet. it's an interesting essay in "the washington post." santorum and his supporters may have the last laugh. in our time, losing presidential candidates have previewed the ideological trajectory of their parties and often the nation. romney would be ways to remember this in his general election campaign. you made the reagan example. reagan lost and then came back and won. he was the future of the party even after losing. what does romney have to do today and tomorrow to learn that lesson? >> the two things i talked about were, number one, santorum was able to fuse the kultsureal and economic message by pointing
in bill clinton's case, playing the saxophone on arseenio hall and in george w. bush's case, going on oprah. remember he famously kissed her on the cheek and people saw a different side. he needs some spot nayity and to show his other side. the second thing that he needs to do is to be able to get this message back on the economy. >> you talk about that. and you also talk about how you have to learn from the people you just beat. it's not officially over yet. it's an interesting essay in...
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if he's doing so much, remember, bill clinton focused like a laser on the economy. that's what the people would actually want. but they see that he's done health care reform. they see that he's trying to do immigration policy. now energy policy. and they want him to focus. when they see him everywhere, they don't get that sense. >> do they realize, gloria, that there is a problem? is there an awareness at the white house that this is an issue? >> well, the white house believes, as ed was saying that said their best spokesman on anything, and they may be right. so they're going to use barack obama whenever they can. and don't forget, his personal popularity, campbell, remains just fine. people like him a lot more than they like their -- his policies, in fact. so putting him out there is not a big -- >> campbell, real quick, down in louisiana, you had labor secretary hilda solis in a room with some of the fishermen. they didn't know who she was. they thought she was some person from washington. this was a member of the president's cabinet. that goes to show you there'
if he's doing so much, remember, bill clinton focused like a laser on the economy. that's what the people would actually want. but they see that he's done health care reform. they see that he's trying to do immigration policy. now energy policy. and they want him to focus. when they see him everywhere, they don't get that sense. >> do they realize, gloria, that there is a problem? is there an awareness at the white house that this is an issue? >> well, the white house believes, as...
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it just shows you how brillia brilliantly clever bill clinton is. the most wide ranging -- the warmest, funniest, smartest. you watch it tonight at 9:00 on my show and you'll think why that 22nd amendment that doesn't allow bill clinton to still be president of the united states. that's the great tragedy of the constitution. >> i'll be watching. i'm glad you found the tragedy. all right. thanks so much, piers morgan. still to come, senator ted cruz 21 hours but there was one thing, there was one thing, probably while you were asleep that you have to see. just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything works like never before. that's why i take d
it just shows you how brillia brilliantly clever bill clinton is. the most wide ranging -- the warmest, funniest, smartest. you watch it tonight at 9:00 on my show and you'll think why that 22nd amendment that doesn't allow bill clinton to still be president of the united states. that's the great tragedy of the constitution. >> i'll be watching. i'm glad you found the tragedy. all right. thanks so much, piers morgan. still to come, senator ted cruz 21 hours but there was one thing, there...
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because bill clinton is out of office. presidents tend to get more popular when they're out of office because they're just not under fire. but bill clinton has always been very popular among the democratic faithful. he's a good guy to show up in your district, particularly if it's a solidly democratic district. he's out talking in favor of harry reid and campaigning for him. i suspect you will see him on the trail. not just because people want him there but he loves it. >> he lights up when that happens. i'm watching you with a cup of coffey and eggs on sunday morning and you complement that very well. >> alabama governor bob riley, who we'll talk to and their preparations what he sees his view of how things are going. we're going to talk about the economy. i've been interested, as i'm sure you have. we heard all this talk early on and what we thought was the recovery about, well, maybe it's double dip recession and it all went away. now it's back again. so we're bringing on some smart people to explain this. and we'll tal
because bill clinton is out of office. presidents tend to get more popular when they're out of office because they're just not under fire. but bill clinton has always been very popular among the democratic faithful. he's a good guy to show up in your district, particularly if it's a solidly democratic district. he's out talking in favor of harry reid and campaigning for him. i suspect you will see him on the trail. not just because people want him there but he loves it. >> he lights up...
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even bill clinton agrees. here's what he said at a conference i saw him at back in may. >> i think you could tax me at 100% and you wouldn't balance the budget. we're all going to have to contribute to this and if middle class people's wages were going up again and we had some growth in the economy, i don't think they would object to going back to the tax rates. >> with no breakthrough today, fiscal cliff negotiations, could this be a starting point? "outfront" republican congressman james lankford of oklahoma, incoming chairman of the republican policy committee, the fifth ranking position in the house gop leadership. appreciate you're taking the time. what about this idea of racing taxes on everyone? the math works much better. >> i heard your lead in when you said this is a new idea. actually, it's not a new idea, there are several democrats who have floated that for a while. the code word is we want to go back to the clinton tax rates and talk about the clinton economy that we had a much more vigorous econ
even bill clinton agrees. here's what he said at a conference i saw him at back in may. >> i think you could tax me at 100% and you wouldn't balance the budget. we're all going to have to contribute to this and if middle class people's wages were going up again and we had some growth in the economy, i don't think they would object to going back to the tax rates. >> with no breakthrough today, fiscal cliff negotiations, could this be a starting point? "outfront" republican...
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. >> jim was the director of the cia under bill clinton and he joins us now on the line. what do you make of them, sir. >> it's interesting. it clearly is very interested in production values and his own apeerbs appearance. there's this old looking man and his gray beard and his blanket around him sitting and channel surfing and watching himself looking younger because his beard is dyed, rehearsing speeches. so this is a man who is really focused on the pr. i must say, i think showing this sort of thing is for the government to do is harmless and kind of interesting. and a little bit enlightening. but when they try to, for example, tell us and the terrorists that they know where the terrorists' safe houses are, it makes you wonder why don't they just watch the safe houses and catch the terrorists instead of scaring the terrorists away from the safe houses? >> i wanted to jump in, perhaps could it be the revealing of this information, the videos is really more for the general public, the world public, than it is to intimidate the lieutenants of osama bin laden or in any wa
. >> jim was the director of the cia under bill clinton and he joins us now on the line. what do you make of them, sir. >> it's interesting. it clearly is very interested in production values and his own apeerbs appearance. there's this old looking man and his gray beard and his blanket around him sitting and channel surfing and watching himself looking younger because his beard is dyed, rehearsing speeches. so this is a man who is really focused on the pr. i must say, i think...
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bill clinton received the service legacy ward for his work with youth. usher spoke with me about his drive to help young people. he knows they are the source of his success and he hopes his foundation can be the same for them. where usher goes, the cameras and crowds follow. and while he can control his environment, he knows that plenty of kids have to fight theirs. >> we can either be a product of our environment or a product of our experience. i'm giving them a new experience to rise above whatever they are dealing with. >> reporter: that's why 11 years ago, the entertainer set up his new look foundation that provides programs like sports lessons and business training for kids who are dealing with a lot. new look says one in three of the children have a parent in prison, and more than half of new look's kids have a family member or friend in a gang. ♪ you know i'm loving, loving >> reporter: instead of surrounding himself with only the good life, the five-time grammy winner immerses himself in their lives. >> start a small resickle thing and would gr
bill clinton received the service legacy ward for his work with youth. usher spoke with me about his drive to help young people. he knows they are the source of his success and he hopes his foundation can be the same for them. where usher goes, the cameras and crowds follow. and while he can control his environment, he knows that plenty of kids have to fight theirs. >> we can either be a product of our environment or a product of our experience. i'm giving them a new experience to rise...
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they had appropriations bills passed before. there was a sense they could afford this. this is not the time. >> this is a vastly different economy and the impacts will be very different to back then. you're right. all right. we'll have more of what we're working on this hour. 48 million american who's don't health insurance begin enrolling tomorrow as part of obama care. >> we'll take a look how the government's new health care exchanges are actually going to work. and just days after president held a historic phone call with iran's new president, israel's president benjamin netanyahu is visiting the white house. >> he's pretty cynical the u.s. hopes to have with iran's new government. also, we are talking about the likely government shutdown throughout this hour. >> we'll speak with a house republican from texas about why he thinks it's worth risking a shutdown top delay obama care. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement i
they had appropriations bills passed before. there was a sense they could afford this. this is not the time. >> this is a vastly different economy and the impacts will be very different to back then. you're right. all right. we'll have more of what we're working on this hour. 48 million american who's don't health insurance begin enrolling tomorrow as part of obama care. >> we'll take a look how the government's new health care exchanges are actually going to work. and just days...
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bush rub former president bill clinton the wrong way? wait until our jeanne moos gets her hands on this one. >>> the situation room is straight ahead. wolf blitzer, what do you have for us? >> don, thanks very much. lots coming up right at the top of the hour. my rare interview with the white house chief of stand rahm eman yell. we'll talk about a lot of subjects. and what's going on in u.s./israeli relations. also, a special interview with the foreign minister of pakistan. how close is the u.s. and pakistan to finding bin laden? we'll update you on that. >>> and a closer look also on the state of black america with roland martin and donna brazil. all of that and a lot more coming up right here in "the situation room." back to you. >> sounds good, wolf. >>> in 2008 ann mahlum started a program to help homeless get back on their feet. that earned her a cnn hero award. as anderson cooper tells us, she was just getting started. >> cnn hero, anne mahlum. >> you can't change the world through decent humanity, kindness and encouragement and gi
bush rub former president bill clinton the wrong way? wait until our jeanne moos gets her hands on this one. >>> the situation room is straight ahead. wolf blitzer, what do you have for us? >> don, thanks very much. lots coming up right at the top of the hour. my rare interview with the white house chief of stand rahm eman yell. we'll talk about a lot of subjects. and what's going on in u.s./israeli relations. also, a special interview with the foreign minister of pakistan. how...
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and bill clinton is king. >> wait until you hear how much celebrities and high profile figures make for their speeches. everyone from former presidents to donald trump. that's next. >>> plus, wolf blitzer has an interesting interview coming up in the situation room. find out who. olay challenges . with new olay professional prox clear designed to balance oil and moisture levels and help bring breakouts under control for consistently clear skin. [ female announcer ] under eye circles. pile on the products. or challenge all that effort with olay. simply sweep on the total effects dark circle minimizer. it tightens and helps conceal to beautifully reveal younger-looking eyes. it's a clean sweep. selling fishcakes from the back of his truck, and in 1942, of course, they were sent away. after the war, as a japanese coming back from camp, he started a little store on main street in seattle. of course they needed some money, and bank of america was the only bank who would talk to my father. and we've stayed with bank of america. we have four stores now, three in the pacific northwest and one i
and bill clinton is king. >> wait until you hear how much celebrities and high profile figures make for their speeches. everyone from former presidents to donald trump. that's next. >>> plus, wolf blitzer has an interesting interview coming up in the situation room. find out who. olay challenges . with new olay professional prox clear designed to balance oil and moisture levels and help bring breakouts under control for consistently clear skin. [ female announcer ] under eye...
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but as bill clinton your former boss used to say, bill clinton used to say no, don't ever look back. elections are about the future. >> they wallow in it. this is a 17-minute-long pity party. >> tom hanks? >> i could not get through all 17 minutes. i think peace a pavlovian response. but i like tom hanks better in "the polar express." and the line, "we don't dwell in blame" when they spend how many minutes of that documentary talking about how it's everybody else's fault. so i think that's a real problem. and a lot of the critics are starting to say, what did you do about the debt? what did you do about the deficit? you mentioned unemployment. we could go on and on. so i'm not sure it makes the case. and i don't think it works with independents. >> david, this is your business. you're a words guy and a message guy. this is the beginning of their re-election narrative. >> yes but what is fascinating, words tell us about ourselves. they reveal who we are. you talk about appealing to the base, who are the democratic base? if you're a donor, one of the wealthier top 5% or 1% of democrats
but as bill clinton your former boss used to say, bill clinton used to say no, don't ever look back. elections are about the future. >> they wallow in it. this is a 17-minute-long pity party. >> tom hanks? >> i could not get through all 17 minutes. i think peace a pavlovian response. but i like tom hanks better in "the polar express." and the line, "we don't dwell in blame" when they spend how many minutes of that documentary talking about how it's...
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bush was in 2005 but seven points behind bill clinton. >> ronald reagan had the same rating as bill clinton at 62% and richard nixon was down to 51% in 1973. both lyndon johnson and dwight eisenhower topped everyone here, they reached the low 70s. they were at 71% and 73% respentively. >> that's pretty impressive. >> those numbers would never exit tod exist today. >>> thousands of people are starting to descend this morning. >> never too early to get ready. this morning, though, we'll look past the oath of office to the next four years. the issues, the plans, the prospects. as joe johns reports, some of the most notorious scandals also happened in the second term. >> reporter: president obama has high hopes for the next four years. >> i intend to carry out the agenda that i campaigned on. >> reporter: if he wants to reach that goal, history says a second-term president has got to move fast. >> power does seep away from the presidency very quickly in the second term. >> second term presidents and their congresses have two different clocks and the president's clock is now moving towards histo
bush was in 2005 but seven points behind bill clinton. >> ronald reagan had the same rating as bill clinton at 62% and richard nixon was down to 51% in 1973. both lyndon johnson and dwight eisenhower topped everyone here, they reached the low 70s. they were at 71% and 73% respentively. >> that's pretty impressive. >> those numbers would never exit tod exist today. >>> thousands of people are starting to descend this morning. >> never too early to get ready. this...
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bill clinton was asked that on "this week." would he consider an appointment to the supreme court and he took himself out of the mix as well as taking his wife out of the mix. you know, you and i spoke about this last week, don. hillary clinton on the supreme court, it almost seems like a natural thing to do. but of course she doesn't seem to be on that short list. he is facing a lot of pressure from the liberal left of his own party to put somebody on the court that they feel will help steer what has been a pretty conservative court as of late, a little bit more back to the left. but yes, you're absolutely right, a lot of pressure on him right now. >> here's what i've been seeing on the blogs, getting e-mails in response, and i don't know if he's getting pressure on this end, on his end, rather -- have you been hearing anything about -- people are saying that the next supreme court justice or at least the nominee should be an african-american woman? how much play is that getting? >> you know, i think there's probably a constit
bill clinton was asked that on "this week." would he consider an appointment to the supreme court and he took himself out of the mix as well as taking his wife out of the mix. you know, you and i spoke about this last week, don. hillary clinton on the supreme court, it almost seems like a natural thing to do. but of course she doesn't seem to be on that short list. he is facing a lot of pressure from the liberal left of his own party to put somebody on the court that they feel will...
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bill clinton, meet bill clinton. that's right. it happened in uganda, where a 14-year-old boy who was born the same month that clinton first visited the east african country was reunited with the former president during his most recent trip. both named bill clinton. now president clinton encouraged his young namesake to stay focused on his dream of getting a medical degree, and even offered to fund his education. >>> a west nile emergency in dallas sends the city to the skies to fight the deadly virus, spraying a large part of the county with insecticide from the air. 49,000 acres. this morning, we're asking did it help? [ to the tune of "lullay and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] >>> welcome back. overnight, two more people died from the west nile virus. this time in oklahoma. meanwhile, dallas, texas, has started aerial spraying 52,000 acres to kill mosquitoes spreading the virus. dallas county is in a state of emer
bill clinton, meet bill clinton. that's right. it happened in uganda, where a 14-year-old boy who was born the same month that clinton first visited the east african country was reunited with the former president during his most recent trip. both named bill clinton. now president clinton encouraged his young namesake to stay focused on his dream of getting a medical degree, and even offered to fund his education. >>> a west nile emergency in dallas sends the city to the skies to fight...
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bush took the stage himself with guitar in hand at one of his inaugural balls. ♪ and bill clinton duetted with sex phonist clarence clemons in 1993, but what americans remember most was the performance clinton's campaign theme song. ♪ don't stop thinking about tomorrow ♪ ♪ don't stop >> reporter: all five members of fleetwood mac reunited just to play in front of the clintons as lindsay buckingham recalls. >> what bill and hillary both had to offer is people and what they were espousing was exciting to a lot of us. and so we were quite pleased, as we were going out with the tag, you know, don't you look back, don't you look back, bill comes up and hillary comes up and shakes our hands and it was just one of those experiences you will never forget. ♪ only in america >> reporter: country music was front and center at the inaugural fest foifrts texan george w. bush. >> bush loved to portray himself as a texas rancher. what is a texas rancher listen to? country. >> reporter: president obama's upcoming celebration will spotlight country along with rock, r & b and pop. this year's lineu
bush took the stage himself with guitar in hand at one of his inaugural balls. ♪ and bill clinton duetted with sex phonist clarence clemons in 1993, but what americans remember most was the performance clinton's campaign theme song. ♪ don't stop thinking about tomorrow ♪ ♪ don't stop >> reporter: all five members of fleetwood mac reunited just to play in front of the clintons as lindsay buckingham recalls. >> what bill and hillary both had to offer is people and what they...
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. >>> a lovely day for a little r and r for president barack obama and former president bill clinton. they hit the links at the andrews air force base golf course. they played a foursome with the president's chief of staff and one of clinton's aides. >>> republicans are holding a presidential straw poll today at a convention. several gop candidates attended the event. herman kane just spoke a short time ago. >>> we'll turn to a story out of southern minnesota that got our attention. the region is pig country. and apparently hog nappers are on the loose there. 150 pigs vanished from this farm last weekend. 150 plump ready for slaughter pigs worth about $30,000. this isn't the only place hog nappers have struck. last month nearly 600 full sized squealing pigs disappeared during the night from a farm not far from this one. estimated value of that heist, $100,000. the local sheriff says he rarely hears of one pig being stolen, now he's plagued with hundreds disappearing at one time. >> not only is it difficult to steal that number of animals as you're talking semi loads of animals being s
. >>> a lovely day for a little r and r for president barack obama and former president bill clinton. they hit the links at the andrews air force base golf course. they played a foursome with the president's chief of staff and one of clinton's aides. >>> republicans are holding a presidential straw poll today at a convention. several gop candidates attended the event. herman kane just spoke a short time ago. >>> we'll turn to a story out of southern minnesota that got...
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why bill clinton says that the u.s. needs to turn it into a home game. wolf interviews the former president. >>> and false identities, secret handoffs and invisible ink, and fbi says that russian spies used techniques right out of the cold war. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf is off today. i'm suzanne malveaux, and you i'm suzanne malveaux, and you are in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> supreme court nominee, elena kagan got a chance to answer her critics today, and the sharpest moments of her confirmation hearings centered around her views in the gays in the military, because she lacks a judicial record, those exchanges focused on her actions as harvard dean. i want to go straight to senior correspondent dana bash. dana, a long day, and incredible day. you have been there watching every twist and turn, and did she answer her critics to their satisfaction on that issue? >> some yes, no no. mostly no, but the point you made is important. it has been a very long day. you can see the hea
why bill clinton says that the u.s. needs to turn it into a home game. wolf interviews the former president. >>> and false identities, secret handoffs and invisible ink, and fbi says that russian spies used techniques right out of the cold war. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf is off today. i'm suzanne malveaux, and you i'm suzanne malveaux, and you are in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> supreme...
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we saw that when he passed nafta, the north american free trade agreement when bill clinton was there. and i bet they're going to -- that's one reason that he's attractive to them. >> roland martin, you know the daley family, you know bill daley and how he is a very tough guy when it comes to negotiations and politics. he's done that in the business community and in politics. yet, unlike probably anyone in a senior role in this white house he does have a good relationship with republicans dating back to the commerce secretary days and he gets along very well with the business community which has complained for months and months about this white house. >> but beyond his commerce secretary role, he was a hiring executive with southwestern bell. that's also critical, somebody who's been in the position of working in the private sector, having to deal in terms of with various corporate executives as well. it is different when you're on the political side talking to corporate folks. when you're one of those corps frat folks saying i understand when it comes to job creation, what we have to
we saw that when he passed nafta, the north american free trade agreement when bill clinton was there. and i bet they're going to -- that's one reason that he's attractive to them. >> roland martin, you know the daley family, you know bill daley and how he is a very tough guy when it comes to negotiations and politics. he's done that in the business community and in politics. yet, unlike probably anyone in a senior role in this white house he does have a good relationship with republicans...
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you worked for bill clinton. i was working for the republican congressional leadership then back in 1995, 1996, when we had a similar situation. bill clinton got on the telephone with newt gingrich, made a deal, clinton gave a little bit. gingrich gave a little bit, and we got out of this. wolf, the problem i have with this crisis, everything is blaming republicans, but it takes two to tango, and you can't negotiate with a president who has said repeatedly for the last three weeks he will not budge, he will not move an inch. that is not negotiation, that is not compromise, and that is not getting us out of this crisis. >> steve, let me distinguishes 1995-1996. i was there. that was not an attempt by republicans to stop or mac or change a rule of law. that was a disagreement between republicans and democrats over a about the. right now we have the republican party cease we have shut down the entire government. we have not going to called the affordable act on the books, already signed into law, already affirmed, u
you worked for bill clinton. i was working for the republican congressional leadership then back in 1995, 1996, when we had a similar situation. bill clinton got on the telephone with newt gingrich, made a deal, clinton gave a little bit. gingrich gave a little bit, and we got out of this. wolf, the problem i have with this crisis, everything is blaming republicans, but it takes two to tango, and you can't negotiate with a president who has said repeatedly for the last three weeks he will not...
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clinton. it became clinton care, because they put together such a detailed plan and sent it up to congress and when it failed, he suffered the big price for it. is the president too timid to get involved here? >> no. people are reacting too much to the ebb and flow of what's happening on a day-to-day basis. this hasn't happened in 50 years, it's complicated. i think people are making judgments on who's going to win the marathon based on who's ahead at mile 19. not a good way of judging things. >> much more to discuss with peter orszag including his take on whether the economy is beginning to bounce back or still heading deeper into recession. stay with us. i felt amazingly boxed in. (announcer) joe uses the contour meter from bayer. (joe) my meter absolutely adapts to me and my lifestyle. i'm joe james, and being outside of the box is my simple win. (announcer) now available in five vibrant colors. (announcer) now available you have questions. who can give you the financial advice you need? wh
clinton. it became clinton care, because they put together such a detailed plan and sent it up to congress and when it failed, he suffered the big price for it. is the president too timid to get involved here? >> no. people are reacting too much to the ebb and flow of what's happening on a day-to-day basis. this hasn't happened in 50 years, it's complicated. i think people are making judgments on who's going to win the marathon based on who's ahead at mile 19. not a good way of judging...
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former president bill clinton says the mood in this country today is similar to just before the oklahoma city bombing. is he right? >>> and senator chuck schumer making it his personal mission to make sure your carry-on bags fly free. what he's saying about one airline's plan to charge when you bring a bag into the cabin with you. >>> and don't just sit there. be a part of our conversation. make sure you send me a message on twitter or facebook or check out my blog at cnn.com/don. i want to hear what you think. olay regenerist #1. though not surgical results, regenerist is the #1 serum, night cream, and moisturizer. not drastic. just fantastic. get younger-looking skin with regenerist. ♪ band now we're insuring overts do18 million drivers. gecko: quite impressive, yeah. boss: come a long way, that's for sure. and so have you since you started working here way back when. gecko: ah, i still have nightmares. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. it was one of those days. i was running across the platform and i just missed the train. so i checked on the next
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bush and bill clinton have been discussing long-term recovery efforts for haiti. both men visited the earthquake ravaged nation last week. one possible scenario, extending u.s. trade preferences which could create new jobs. 220,000 people were killed in january when the 7.0 magnitude quake hit. another 300,000 were injured, and more than 1 million still left homeless. >>> so ever since celebrities got together to create a new "we are the world" for haiti, more and more artists have actually been launching their own projects. many of you are actually calling the newest one pretty extraordinary. our josh levs is here. what's this one all about? >> i've never had responses like this to a video. it's amazing. people are all over this. they're speaking about it in really big terms. i'll tell you about it. listen to a little bit of it. then i'll tell you about it, then we'll listen to more of it. first, let's take a little listen. ♪ guide us with your grace >> here's what you're seeing. class cal relief for haiti out of the uk. more than 20 very respected classical si
bush and bill clinton have been discussing long-term recovery efforts for haiti. both men visited the earthquake ravaged nation last week. one possible scenario, extending u.s. trade preferences which could create new jobs. 220,000 people were killed in january when the 7.0 magnitude quake hit. another 300,000 were injured, and more than 1 million still left homeless. >>> so ever since celebrities got together to create a new "we are the world" for haiti, more and more...
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a lot of bill clinton. but there's another former president and my friend mark preston knows all about that. >> there's mark preston. are you going to tell us about the bush memoirs? this is cool stuff. >> november 9, mark the calendar when george w. bush publishes his memoir. he'll talk about the 2000 election, the september 11th terror attacks, decision to go to war in iraq and his response he was criticized for to hurricane katrina. he has a three minute video up that he has posted where he's basically trying to sell his book. if you go to cnn political ticker we have a story written by one of our authors behind us alex mooney. he has a link that you can go to see the video. i suspect now it's going to be a best seller and will have a whole lot of new information that we probably never knew about. >> mark, you were hiding back there. i didn't know you were there. usually you're out front trying to hog the camera. >> watch this. if i go down and go down and go down and go down then you're not going to see
a lot of bill clinton. but there's another former president and my friend mark preston knows all about that. >> there's mark preston. are you going to tell us about the bush memoirs? this is cool stuff. >> november 9, mark the calendar when george w. bush publishes his memoir. he'll talk about the 2000 election, the september 11th terror attacks, decision to go to war in iraq and his response he was criticized for to hurricane katrina. he has a three minute video up that he has...
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and in your article, the lead graph, you quote bill clinton at his 56th birthday. i'm really trying to help him, him being president obama, but he seems to have lost his narrative. this is former president clinton speaking. is that why clinton felt the need to write this book? is he just really frustrated with the way that the current president has handled things? >> yes, he is so frustrated that he's literally decided to write his own narrative about the obama presidency. and he's pretty open about it that i didn't want to write this book but when i campaigned in the 2010 midterm elections it drove him nuts that voters, to him, didn't seem to understand what president obama had accomplished so now president clinton is taking matters into his own hands. >> so be specific. how frustrated is he? what kind of suggestions is he giving in this book? >> well, there are the public comments and private comments but they all go to the same thing by president clinton feels that the administration has done a better job than it has conveyed. that the haveseverity of the financ
and in your article, the lead graph, you quote bill clinton at his 56th birthday. i'm really trying to help him, him being president obama, but he seems to have lost his narrative. this is former president clinton speaking. is that why clinton felt the need to write this book? is he just really frustrated with the way that the current president has handled things? >> yes, he is so frustrated that he's literally decided to write his own narrative about the obama presidency. and he's pretty...
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on wednesday former president bill clinton will give the nominating address. and, of course, president obama delivers his acceptance speech. cnn coverage begins tomorrow at noon with wolf blitzer. submit your questions and get answers in real time live chat. logis on to cnn.com/roundtable to participate. >>> it's an election year which means the truth probably lies somewhere are in between the partisan talking points. let's talk some numbers. business correspondent christine romans joins us now. you did a little fact checking for us. i love that. what did you find out? >> i'm looking at job statistics. it has to do with your job. it is the number one economic statistic for whether or not you feel better about your own economy. first unemployment, the unemployment rate. it was 7.8%. look at how it spiked up to 10%. pull up this chart for you, i hope. you can see it go all the way up to 10% and now it's back to 8.3%. this is why it's good to have perspective. it depends. you are definitely better off than when it was almost 10% unemployment but you might not be
on wednesday former president bill clinton will give the nominating address. and, of course, president obama delivers his acceptance speech. cnn coverage begins tomorrow at noon with wolf blitzer. submit your questions and get answers in real time live chat. logis on to cnn.com/roundtable to participate. >>> it's an election year which means the truth probably lies somewhere are in between the partisan talking points. let's talk some numbers. business correspondent christine romans...
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bill clinton was at 48% back in july of 1993. george herbert walker bush at 66% way back in 1989. six out of ten americans gave ronald reagan a thumbs up six months into his presidency. >> paul, because he has been so popular, a lot of folks have been hesitant to come out and go against the president. the numbers dropping a little bit there. how much or how important will public support be in this whole health care debate for the president? >> reporter: public support is so crucial. the president's approval numbers matters because he's trying to get major legislation through health care, immigration. the more popular the president, the more clout he has as he deals with congress. if that number starts to slip that's troubling to the white house. >> paul, we'll be talking to you again this morning. thank you. we'll see you soon. for our viewers here, cnn wednesday night the moment of truth, live from times square. at 8:00 the premier of black america 2. first part of the series. it will be followed by president obama's press conference. at 10:00 black in america 2 continues. this i
bill clinton was at 48% back in july of 1993. george herbert walker bush at 66% way back in 1989. six out of ten americans gave ronald reagan a thumbs up six months into his presidency. >> paul, because he has been so popular, a lot of folks have been hesitant to come out and go against the president. the numbers dropping a little bit there. how much or how important will public support be in this whole health care debate for the president? >> reporter: public support is so crucial....
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the former president bill clinton in effect interviewing the current president. i want to listen in but also ted cruz, by the way, you see him at the bottom right hand part of your screen, the senator from texas, he's on the senate floor. he's really speaking out against obama care. he's getting some support from marco rubio, from senator rand paul. we will listen in to him as well. but let's listen to this unique conversation now between president clinton and president obama on obama care. >> -- providing health insurance for those who don't have it, to provide these health or these tax credits in the marketplace, and at the same time, because we're driving down costs, we actually end up saving a little money. it is a net reduction of our deficit. the irony of those who are talking about repealing obama care because it's so wildly expensive is if they actually repeal the law, it would add to the deficit. it would add to the deficit. now, there have been a couple republicans in the house who have been smart enough to say we're going to repeal all the benefits so
the former president bill clinton in effect interviewing the current president. i want to listen in but also ted cruz, by the way, you see him at the bottom right hand part of your screen, the senator from texas, he's on the senate floor. he's really speaking out against obama care. he's getting some support from marco rubio, from senator rand paul. we will listen in to him as well. but let's listen to this unique conversation now between president clinton and president obama on obama care....
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it's kind of like we called bill clinton the first black president, so -- >> you might call him that. i'm not going to. >> that's what people said, but judging from what andrew sullivan said about gay kids who were bullied and gay people who finally have some degree of validation maybe for the first time because of what president obama said, i think that's what that cover means. that's just my interpretation. will, go ahead. >> well, first lz, i would say that's the first i heard of george washington and abraham lincoln. you're teaching me some history tonight. i would say the rumors have been flying about james buchanan for about 150 years so i don't mean by any measure obama qualifies as the first gay president. look, for anyone, and that would include both lz and myself who supports gay marriage, this is a good symbolic moment and the president deserves a round of applause. i don't think we should canonize him or carve out on a place on mt. rushmore just yet. he did adopt the dick cheney position that he's personally for it but he won't fight for it or advocate for it by any meanin
it's kind of like we called bill clinton the first black president, so -- >> you might call him that. i'm not going to. >> that's what people said, but judging from what andrew sullivan said about gay kids who were bullied and gay people who finally have some degree of validation maybe for the first time because of what president obama said, i think that's what that cover means. that's just my interpretation. will, go ahead. >> well, first lz, i would say that's the first i...
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envoy to haiti, bill clinton. you're going to find out why he's so worried about the devastating effects of the rainy season on the earthquake-ravaged country. and he'll also tell us how much longer he'll be involved. into time to check back with jack for "the cafferty file." >> question this hour, how should the united states change its policy toward israel. richard in kansas writes, it would be nice if we would stop kissing their butts and remind them that america can exist just fine without israel, but israel cannot exist without america. consider that the next time you think of slapping us in the face when we come to help you make peace with your neighbors. nancy in tennessee writes, the u.s. could change its policy toward israel best by staying out of their business. the palestinians have long been encroaching on a land that belongs to this jewish nation. we could take some lessons from israel as thousands of mexicans flood out borders and call u.s. soil their home illegally. nick writes, i say it's time to a
envoy to haiti, bill clinton. you're going to find out why he's so worried about the devastating effects of the rainy season on the earthquake-ravaged country. and he'll also tell us how much longer he'll be involved. into time to check back with jack for "the cafferty file." >> question this hour, how should the united states change its policy toward israel. richard in kansas writes, it would be nice if we would stop kissing their butts and remind them that america can exist...
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>> bill clinton wants to help his wife pay off her campaign debt. so much so that the former president is raffle himself off in an e-mail to millions of her supporters. here's what that e-mail says, "how would you like a chance to come up to new york and spend a day with me? hillary's campaign still has a few vestiges of debt that i know she would like to see paid in full. will you reach out today to help hillary this one last time?" this is the second time in the last few months bill clinton has raffled his time to help his wife, as secretary of state, hillary clinton's not allowed to raise money herself to pay off the campaign debt. the target audience here is not the typical bigtime democratic donors hillary relied on them during the campaign, and most of them have already maxed out anyway. rather, clinton's appealing to small donors. you can give as little as $5 online and buy a chance to spend the day with president clinton. hillary clinton still owes a small boatload of money from her failed presidential bid, records show her campaign close to
>> bill clinton wants to help his wife pay off her campaign debt. so much so that the former president is raffle himself off in an e-mail to millions of her supporters. here's what that e-mail says, "how would you like a chance to come up to new york and spend a day with me? hillary's campaign still has a few vestiges of debt that i know she would like to see paid in full. will you reach out today to help hillary this one last time?" this is the second time in the last few...
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that's why bill clinton in 1996, six weeks before he was re-elected the incup band president, he met with 12 or 14 world leaders when he went to the united nations general assembly. i think it's good internationally. it's good for national security, foreign affairs, but politically domestically, i think it makes a whole lot of sense. that's why i've come to the conclusion this was politically, forget about the political policy ramifications, it was probably a missed opportunity for the president. if he had been seen meeting with all these world leaders, i think it would have scored some political points because he would have come across obviously even more presidential than he does coming across presidential on "the view." >> and you would think he could kind of call his own shots on the day he would want to appear on "the view." >> no, he could have gone on "the view" next week or gone on "the view" whenever he wants. the producers and barbara walters will be happy to have him -- >> any day. >> politically, this was just a missed opportunity. >> wolf, thanks so much. we'll see you a
that's why bill clinton in 1996, six weeks before he was re-elected the incup band president, he met with 12 or 14 world leaders when he went to the united nations general assembly. i think it's good internationally. it's good for national security, foreign affairs, but politically domestically, i think it makes a whole lot of sense. that's why i've come to the conclusion this was politically, forget about the political policy ramifications, it was probably a missed opportunity for the...
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. >>> bill clinton, a former president. he is just now arriving at the white house this hour for a meeting with president obama. >>> and at this hour, monday, 3:00 p.m. eastern, the senate will begin voting on the huge tax cut deal. remember the other day when majority leader harry reid said there would be some changes? late last night the senate democrats added tax breaks for green energy investments. so have you heard the latest price tag for all of this? $860 billion over ten years. bush-era tax cuts extended for two years, 13 months of unemployment benefits, a cut of two percentage points on the payroll tax. and again i want to remind you at this moment former president bill clinton is at the white house and suzanne mall vux is there, too. bill clinton is no stranger to negotiating with the republicans when the heat is on. is that why he's called up to the bull pen today? this is reminiscent of 1994? >> reporter: absolutely up to the bull pen. i like that. obviously a conversation very important to the current president
. >>> bill clinton, a former president. he is just now arriving at the white house this hour for a meeting with president obama. >>> and at this hour, monday, 3:00 p.m. eastern, the senate will begin voting on the huge tax cut deal. remember the other day when majority leader harry reid said there would be some changes? late last night the senate democrats added tax breaks for green energy investments. so have you heard the latest price tag for all of this? $860 billion over...
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the former president, bill clinton, my special guest tomorrow, 5:00 p.m. eastern, right here in "the situation room." >>> lisa sylvester's monitoring some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. lisa, what do you have? >> hi there, wolf. >>> well, this news is just coming in to cnn, the kidnapping charges against nine of the ten missionaries held in haiti earlier this year have now been dropped according to idaho senator jim rush. the group's leader laura silsby remains in jail. the group was accused of trying to kidnap 33 haitian children after january's devastating earthquake. >>> pope benedict xvi has broken his silence about the church's sex abuse scandal. at homily at a mass in the vatican, the pontiff noted the recent attacks on the catholic church. he also calls for the need, quote, we christians to recognize mistakes and repent. demands call for the pope himself to take responsibility intensified in recent weeks when charges arose that the pope had been negligent in handling some cases. >>> new troubles for car giant toyota. the
the former president, bill clinton, my special guest tomorrow, 5:00 p.m. eastern, right here in "the situation room." >>> lisa sylvester's monitoring some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. lisa, what do you have? >> hi there, wolf. >>> well, this news is just coming in to cnn, the kidnapping charges against nine of the ten missionaries held in haiti earlier this year have now been dropped according to idaho senator jim rush....
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in it they've got a nice clip from the former president, your former boss, bill clinton. let me play it for you. >> he took the harder and more honorable path when i saw what had happened, i thought to myself, i hope that's the call i would have made. >> the road we've traveled. he's talks about the decision the president made to go ahead and kill bin laden. how important do you think president clinton will be in terms of the re-election process? how active or important will he be for president obama's re-election campaign? >> president clinton is possibly the most popular national figure in the country and his testimony helps. bob gates is hardly a democrat and he's said this was the most calls he's gotten in public service. and i think the president made a courageous and difficult decision and i think he's entitled to credit for that decision. i think people will give him that credit. i don't know. that doesn't assure his re-election any more than world war ii to assure churchill got elected. but it certainly was a courageous call and everybody acknowledges that and it'
in it they've got a nice clip from the former president, your former boss, bill clinton. let me play it for you. >> he took the harder and more honorable path when i saw what had happened, i thought to myself, i hope that's the call i would have made. >> the road we've traveled. he's talks about the decision the president made to go ahead and kill bin laden. how important do you think president clinton will be in terms of the re-election process? how active or important will he be...
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the headliner, bill clinton. he'll deliver tonight's nominating speech. and democrats hope display the political genius that has made him campaigner in achievement >>> also speaking, a darling of the democrats, senate candidate elizabeth warren. the harvard law professor is well known for her sharp tongue and pointed barbs. and also sandra fluke, who was catapulted to fame when rush limbaugh called her a slut because of her views on contracepti contraception. the challenge of today's speakers, building on the momentum of last night. how can you top michelle obama? >> believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bill was actually higher than our mortgage. yeah. we were so young, so in love, and so in debt. and that's why barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down. because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt. so in the end, for barack, these issues aren't political. they're personal. because barack knows what it m
the headliner, bill clinton. he'll deliver tonight's nominating speech. and democrats hope display the political genius that has made him campaigner in achievement >>> also speaking, a darling of the democrats, senate candidate elizabeth warren. the harvard law professor is well known for her sharp tongue and pointed barbs. and also sandra fluke, who was catapulted to fame when rush limbaugh called her a slut because of her views on contracepti contraception. the challenge of today's...
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but it's important to remember also that ruth ginsberg is an appointee of bill clinton, not of barack obama. so i'm not sure how much he can be associated with her comments. >> we'll see. they all carry their pocket copy of the u.s. constitution, not the south african constitution around the republican campaign trail. >> reporter: they do. >> jeff toobin, appreciate your help. insight tonight into the supreme court. >>> disgraced global financial official dominique strauss-kahn tries to new tactic to clear his name, answering questions about prostitute. >>> u.s. officials have questions about a new way to get your jolt of caffeine. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we were determined to see it through. here's an update on the progress. we're paying for all spill related clean-up costs. bp findings supports independent scientists studying the gulf's environment. thousands of environmental samples have been tested and all beaches and waters are open. and the tourists are back. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right pri
but it's important to remember also that ruth ginsberg is an appointee of bill clinton, not of barack obama. so i'm not sure how much he can be associated with her comments. >> we'll see. they all carry their pocket copy of the u.s. constitution, not the south african constitution around the republican campaign trail. >> reporter: they do. >> jeff toobin, appreciate your help. insight tonight into the supreme court. >>> disgraced global financial official dominique...
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clinton. >> hard feelings between jerry brown and bill clinton. that grudge. i covered that '92 campaign. it's still very ousserious. ou it on't know how seri is. bill clinton is someone who's ing to campaign for democrats across the country. i'm sure he'll be oulit there i california and raise the flag for jerry brown as n well. >> not so sure aboutthat. >> give jerry brown some advice. don't run against bill clinton. i'm a a republican. we did it a lot. it never worked out well for us. he's the most powful politici in the country. the ad -- the state corrected some budget figures, but the ad is basically right. clinton is right when he said he inherited a surplus and turned it to a deficit. jerry brown opposed the tax reductions, prop 13 and took credit for them. >> you have to admit, donna, that's a brilliant ad. >> but first of all, ronald reagan raised spending. the longest spending increase under his watch. jerry brown takes office. he's like oba. dealing with a budget deficit left by republicans. so i think if you want to talk the facts, th
clinton. >> hard feelings between jerry brown and bill clinton. that grudge. i covered that '92 campaign. it's still very ousserious. ou it on't know how seri is. bill clinton is someone who's ing to campaign for democrats across the country. i'm sure he'll be oulit there i california and raise the flag for jerry brown as n well. >> not so sure aboutthat. >> give jerry brown some advice. don't run against bill clinton. i'm a a republican. we did it a lot. it never worked out...
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the economy began to deteriorate and he was defeated in '92 to bill clinton. ronald reagan, 53% the year before his re-election. jimmy carter lost his re-election. he was only at 38% as was gerald ford. richard nixon in 1971 was at 49% and was re-elect d but was shortly kicked out of office because of the watergate scandal. we'll remember that one. >> good way to put it in perspective, wolf blitzer. we'll talk the next hour. we'll see you then. >> thank you. >>> and now this -- top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. the arch dice cease settlement and retail workers are unhappy that they have to clock in before leftovers and grid-like images in the middle of the desert. let's play reporter roulette. ted, a big settlement by the archdiocese there. talk to me about how much the church is paying out. >> $3.2 million and this stems from a case of daniel mccormick who was arrested for abusing several young boys. he pled guilty in 2007. this lawsuit alleged that the catholic church knew that he had abused children in the past and they didn't take the steps to protect o
the economy began to deteriorate and he was defeated in '92 to bill clinton. ronald reagan, 53% the year before his re-election. jimmy carter lost his re-election. he was only at 38% as was gerald ford. richard nixon in 1971 was at 49% and was re-elect d but was shortly kicked out of office because of the watergate scandal. we'll remember that one. >> good way to put it in perspective, wolf blitzer. we'll talk the next hour. we'll see you then. >> thank you. >>> and now...
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there is an ad that came out from the obama team using bill clinton. i want to take a quick look at this ad. >> this election to me is about which candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground up. >> what i am curious about is as a republican is the use of bill clinton somehow threatening? how does he affect voters in a way that may be challenging to republicans? >> i don't think it will be a challenge to republicans. what it will do, it will serve as a reminder to the fact we had economic prosperity during the clinton years and certainly don't have that now. in contrast to that ad, the rn of the c but out an ad yesterday talking about it never happened, it was bill clinton, his own words 16 years ago when the welfare including work program was instilled and he talked about the importance of the government providing opport
there is an ad that came out from the obama team using bill clinton. i want to take a quick look at this ad. >> this election to me is about which candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground up. >> what i am curious about is as a republican is the use...
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latinos love bill clinton. african-americans love bill clinton. young people love bill clinton. he'll help with independence and working class voters. also on policy. bill clinton was basically the architect of the biggest economic expansion in a generation, and one of the reasons he did that was by implementing the same policies that president obama wants to do. >> here is a statement that the romney campaign put out. i'll read it to you this is from the romney campaign. after four years of trillion dollar deficits and anemic economic growth, it's clear president obama would love to run on president clinton's record in office, but no amount of showmanship can paper over the differences between these two presidents. america deserves a president willing to run on his own record, not the record he wishes he had. the question to you is what do you think about all of this? what do you think about bill clinton coming to the convention and really going to try to energize the democratic base to get president obama reelected? >> first of all, bill clinton is a very popular president. he
latinos love bill clinton. african-americans love bill clinton. young people love bill clinton. he'll help with independence and working class voters. also on policy. bill clinton was basically the architect of the biggest economic expansion in a generation, and one of the reasons he did that was by implementing the same policies that president obama wants to do. >> here is a statement that the romney campaign put out. i'll read it to you this is from the romney campaign. after four years...
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that's an interesting number but bill clinton had bad poll rating and he was re-elected. it's an interesting talking point but i wouldn't pour it into concrete. pennsylvania senate race, one of closest, if not the closest in the country, it is democrat joe sestak against republican pat toomey it is tough and personal. here's the latest poll, toomey at 48, sestak, 46 that's a dead heat. hulen berg college, essentially a dead heat there 12 days out. a lot of money going into a senate race. hard to see republicans capturing control of the senate unless they win that seat. you know what 18 ang acres, that term means? >> that is the size of the complex, the old executive office building and grounds is 18 acres. nicolle wallace, that's the title of her new novel. i'm not the brightest guy -- >> whatever. >> nicolle wallace will join us on the program. this is a fun new novel about a woman president and woman chief of staff. and essentially it's fiction but there are characters in the book that nicole has droawn on workig for george w. bush and jeb bush as governor. we'll talk a
that's an interesting number but bill clinton had bad poll rating and he was re-elected. it's an interesting talking point but i wouldn't pour it into concrete. pennsylvania senate race, one of closest, if not the closest in the country, it is democrat joe sestak against republican pat toomey it is tough and personal. here's the latest poll, toomey at 48, sestak, 46 that's a dead heat. hulen berg college, essentially a dead heat there 12 days out. a lot of money going into a senate race. hard...
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let's talk about bill clinton. he's been one of the busiest guys on the campaign trail for the democrats. a manned in demand for the party. election day, but he was still working this morning, calling into four different radio stations. all in ohio. he was in ohio helping ted strickland, the democratic governor there fighting for re-election and the president yesterday, look at what a day. started in upstate new york campaigning for democratic congressman, then west virginia and kentucky to campaign with the democratic senate nominees there and ended in florida with kendrick meek. busy man, bill clinton. >> can't wait for the scene to shift to 0 new york. it will be something to see. your next political update in an hour. >>> we've had elections going on here and fighting a war in afghanistan, as pentagon correspondent barbara starr reports. whatever happens at the polls today may have a very significant outcome on the war in the very near future. >> the u.s. congressional elections may not mean much to the troops
let's talk about bill clinton. he's been one of the busiest guys on the campaign trail for the democrats. a manned in demand for the party. election day, but he was still working this morning, calling into four different radio stations. all in ohio. he was in ohio helping ted strickland, the democratic governor there fighting for re-election and the president yesterday, look at what a day. started in upstate new york campaigning for democratic congressman, then west virginia and kentucky to...
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you remember that he imitated bill clinton last week at the cg icon frens and then bill returned the favor. well, i asked him how that all came about. >> well, he was off doing some stuff. he lost his notes. and i -- sheryl sandberg actually, from facebook, said you have to do something. performers don't like lulls. i went up and pretended to be him. >> when i first met bono, he walked into the oval office and i -- actually i thought it was a member of his own road crew. >> what did you think of his imitation of you? >> well, i'm irish, you know. when you're irish you can imitate anybody. >> he's a better president in the mimic. but i wanted to say one of the reasons i admire him so, he's virtually a diety in ireland because of the peace process. >> i got him to do one of henry sissing jer. >> i saw a great cover of magazine, the picture of him. they called him the horse whisperer. i sound like the guy in the "godfather" when i do henry kissinger. >> rock star to activist and now celebrity mimic. i should add that bono might be having a bit of fun but very committed to the issues he
you remember that he imitated bill clinton last week at the cg icon frens and then bill returned the favor. well, i asked him how that all came about. >> well, he was off doing some stuff. he lost his notes. and i -- sheryl sandberg actually, from facebook, said you have to do something. performers don't like lulls. i went up and pretended to be him. >> when i first met bono, he walked into the oval office and i -- actually i thought it was a member of his own road crew. >>...
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he's made that clear to the former president bill clinton. also made it clear to doug band, the former president's chief of staff, who's in florida, whose been the go-between largely between president clinton and kendrick meek. gloria borger, our senior political analyst, is here. we're getting a lot of reaction on this story right now. i'm told that president clinton realized that kendrick meek, his friend, could not win. that marco rubio is going to win the election, unless kendrick meek dropped out, threw his support to charlie crist, the independent candidate, but kendrick meek is making it clear, he's staying in until the end. you're getting more reaction as well. >> right. i was told from one democratic source who's familiar with this said that meek himself has been going back and forth, as recently as two days ago, said no to this. there was some concern, wolf, about pushback in the african-american community until florida, if he were to withdraw. and also some concern, i'm told, on the part of the campaign of alex sink, democrat runni
he's made that clear to the former president bill clinton. also made it clear to doug band, the former president's chief of staff, who's in florida, whose been the go-between largely between president clinton and kendrick meek. gloria borger, our senior political analyst, is here. we're getting a lot of reaction on this story right now. i'm told that president clinton realized that kendrick meek, his friend, could not win. that marco rubio is going to win the election, unless kendrick meek...
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the house could refuse to pass money bills, and we had to get together. i believe that none of the things that followed would have occurred without that difficult struggle, because i thought we had to get president clinton's attention that we were serious. i think the house republicans have the same problem today. there are games being played by senator harry reid and by president obama that are clearly just gamesmanship. they have nothing to do with serious government. >> let's hope following this government shutdown and the crisis over raises the debt ceiling everyone starts behaving in a sensible way and gets some business done. newt gingrich with a historical advantage. he has the advantage of having lived through that history. thanks very much for coming in. >> right. >>> you can always follow what's going on here in the situation room. you can tweet me. you can tweet the sho show @cnnsitroom. crossfire starts right now. >>> tonight on crossfire, tough talk. >> let's stop the excuses. >> and calls for more talk. >> the president said today was if the
the house could refuse to pass money bills, and we had to get together. i believe that none of the things that followed would have occurred without that difficult struggle, because i thought we had to get president clinton's attention that we were serious. i think the house republicans have the same problem today. there are games being played by senator harry reid and by president obama that are clearly just gamesmanship. they have nothing to do with serious government. >> let's hope...
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trust in government at 19%, almost where it was with bill clinton when bill clinton couldn't pass his health care reform. so here you have this president with angry voters, with people who don't trust government to do what's right, and he's trying to sell them to government. >> gloria, you know what was interesting about the campaign, so many people he was asking people to trust ask have faith that the government and the fact he could be the president in particular was really going to make a difference in people's lives. why do we see this kind of change in the way voters and the way people are seeing the role of the government? >> well, they're getting angryer now, they're getting disappointed because they understand we've had these huge problems. lots of people don't like the solutions that this president has proposed, and they're also seeing the democrats fighting the republicans as breanna was talking about earlier in the show. they feel there was no bipartisanship as this president had promised, so instead of being with him on things, they're getting more and more cynical and ske
trust in government at 19%, almost where it was with bill clinton when bill clinton couldn't pass his health care reform. so here you have this president with angry voters, with people who don't trust government to do what's right, and he's trying to sell them to government. >> gloria, you know what was interesting about the campaign, so many people he was asking people to trust ask have faith that the government and the fact he could be the president in particular was really going to...
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they have money, bill clinton went on the speaker circuit, and the amount of their wealth is in excess of $100 million. this is not quite lunch money but they can afford it. >> could it be they are embarrassed by their own money? they have been on the side of the down and out during their political careers and this show of wealth might be embarrassing if it got out? >> it might be if they were spending it on yachts or fancy cars although they are looking at a $10 million home for themselves in new york, but, no, this is their only child. this is the kid who it is said held their marriage together during the darkest days of the lewinsky scandal and every parent who ever planned a wedding for their child has done whatever they can and whatever they can possibly afford. the average price of a wedding in the united states today according to "brides" magazine is $28,000. hillary clinton own dress cost a grand $58, and they got married in their living room with 15 people in attendance. they came a long way and they are thrilled to their socks she is marrying this guy. they are pulling out al
they have money, bill clinton went on the speaker circuit, and the amount of their wealth is in excess of $100 million. this is not quite lunch money but they can afford it. >> could it be they are embarrassed by their own money? they have been on the side of the down and out during their political careers and this show of wealth might be embarrassing if it got out? >> it might be if they were spending it on yachts or fancy cars although they are looking at a $10 million home for...
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. >> bill clinton told a wonderful story to cnn -- bill clinton and chelsea clinton had lunch or dinner with nelson mandela yesterday. he said when nelson called he wanted to talk to chelsea as well about her homework and how things were going in school. and then he got down to business with president clinton at the time. how do you think nelson mandela managed to keep the humanity after all that he went through? >> i think it's because of all he went through. he was in jail for 27 years. it was 21 years before he was allowed a contact visit with his wife, 12 years before he was allowed a visit with his children. in the first few years he was allowed only one 500-word letter every six months. only a 30-minute visit every six months. i think in that time he had lots of time to contemplate, to think about things. he knew that there was going to be a bad end, the sort of end we can expect in syria, unless he found a way to make every south african feel they belonged. to do that, you have to speak to your enemy. you have to make your enemy your friend. that's what he deliberately started do
. >> bill clinton told a wonderful story to cnn -- bill clinton and chelsea clinton had lunch or dinner with nelson mandela yesterday. he said when nelson called he wanted to talk to chelsea as well about her homework and how things were going in school. and then he got down to business with president clinton at the time. how do you think nelson mandela managed to keep the humanity after all that he went through? >> i think it's because of all he went through. he was in jail for 27...
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. >> barbara, to go back when this all started 17 years ago, a bill clinton policy basically, to allow gays to stay in the military as long as they didn't tell anybody they were gay, would you say -- i mean, the country has moved and also hasn't the military itself moved in a way to looking at gays more openly and more welcome? >> reporter: well, you know, the pentagon finished that months-long survey asking the force, asking military troops, surveying them and their families about what they thought about all of this. and overwhelmingly the troops said for them it wasn't a big deal. you have to remember, the u.s. military is mainly full of young people who have grown up in a circumstance in this country where this is not an issue anywhere in society really these days, except in the u.s. military. i think it's very fair to say some of the older people in more senior positions are very privately expressing their reservations. i can tell you besides general amos there are certainly more senior officers with stars on their shoulders who have reservations and some who don't. so perhaps the
. >> barbara, to go back when this all started 17 years ago, a bill clinton policy basically, to allow gays to stay in the military as long as they didn't tell anybody they were gay, would you say -- i mean, the country has moved and also hasn't the military itself moved in a way to looking at gays more openly and more welcome? >> reporter: well, you know, the pentagon finished that months-long survey asking the force, asking military troops, surveying them and their families about...